October 28, 2008

Carolina Beach State Park Marina Undergoing $2.5M Renovation

This is just one more very positive change that is happening on our island. Having both the Town and the State Park revamping their marinas will really have a favorable impact on attracting overnight transient boaters which in turn, will benefit our local businesses. Not to mention, the marina improvments will have a positive impact on our local boating community. We are definitely on the right track here!

Carolina Beach State Park will begin a $2.5 million project to renovate its marina and boat access area next month, according to the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation.

Boat owners who rent any of the marina's 42 slips must remove their craft by Nov. 16 when workers will dredge the marina basin and access channel...

"We know these repairs and improvements will mean some inconvenience for our tenants and other park visitors during construction and we'll try to minimize that as much as possible,” Park Superintendent Terri Taylor said. “But, the end result will be a much improved facility and safer boating access.”

Construction is expected to continue through the summer of 2009...The project includes replacement of bulkheads, floating docks, a fixed walkway system and underground fuel tanks, improvements to the facility's two boat ramps, a redesigned parking area and the addition of boat slips. The marina was built in 1990.